At present, the global informational technology revolution is leading a new round of industrial revolution. The integration of internet and manufacturing industry has entered a new stage of transforming from local spread to full penetration, from consumption to production area and from production revolution to pattern innovation. As the industry and applied ecology where the new generation of information technology and industry system have a all-round deep integration, industrial internet has become the common choice for major industrial powers to realize intelligent manufacture and occupy the peak point of competition of international manufacturing industry.

On February 1st, 2016, driven by Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and led by China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, Alliance of Industrial Internet (hereinafter referred to as the “Alliance”) was formally established. Alliance members cover the main power of industry-university-research from various fields, including domestic and overseas manufacturing industry, communication industry and internet industry, and are an important platform pushing domestic and overseas research of industrial internet technologies, industrial promotion and international communication and cooperation. Currently, there are 292 unit members in the alliance, under which 8 working groups and 4 special groups are set. Works relevant to the research of major issues in industrial internet area, standard’s development, verification of technological experiment, industry promotion and other aspects, have been comprehensively carried out.

In order to further draw the research and development of key technologies in the industrial internet field, unify the international power and push the industrial promotion of industrial internet and ecological construction, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, as the director of the alliance, plans to convene the 2017 Industrial Internet Summit from February 20th to 21st, 2017. At the summit, you can deeply understand key technologies and industrial direction of industrial internet and know the global latest situation in countries like the United States, Japan and so on. In addition, several domestic and overseas backbone enterprises of the industrial internet will display their best practices and solutions in the industrial internet area. Representatives of local government from Shanghai, Liaoning, Henan, Shenzhen and other cities, and experts of car, gas, and investment and financing industry will discuss and share policies, technological dynamic condition and industry direction about industrial internet together.

February 20th 14:00-18:00 Main Forum: Industrial Promotion and Practice

Aiming to promote the practice and solution of industrial internet, the main forum will be hosted by Yu Xiaohui, secretary-general of Alliance of Industrial Internet, and will invite leaders from Information and Communication Administration of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to attend and deliver a speech. The forum will combine the assessment of industrial interconnection maturity with demand of industrial promotion, invite typical enterprises to share practices and solutions from different angles, and hold the dialogue about industrial promotion and practice.

February 20th 14:00-18:00 Sub-Forum 1: Platform and Key Technology

The sub-forum will comprehensively display the industrial internet platform and its key technologies, invite typical enterprises to share the industrial internet platform and verify the demonstration platform, conduct an in-depth discussion about key technologies, including industrial internet big data, security, network, spectrum and so on, and publish a series of results, such as the Industrial Big Data White Book, Security Report, etc.

The sub-forum will deeply analyze standards and intellectual property rights of industrial internet, share the standard dynamic state at home and abroad, publish the standard system of industrial internet, interpret alliance standards, such as industrial internet platform, guidance of equipment intellectualization, network security, security access, etc., share experience of enterprise standardization, introduce the idea about promoting intellectual property rights of industrial internet, publish the annual report of intellectual property trend and public service platform, and share intellectual property demands and cases.

The sub-forum will focus on discussing the integration and application of industrial internet identity, release the traceability white book and catalogue of identity products, invite leaders from Ministry of Commerce to share the promotion practice of identity application, display the integrated innovation application of identity analysis system and invite typical enterprises to share the solutions, demands and practices about industrial internet identity.

February 21st 8:00-12:40 Summit-Opening Ceremony and Best Practice

As the original plan, Chen Zhaoxiong, vice-minister of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, will preside over the opening ceremony. Miaowei, minister of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, will attend and deliver a speech. Chen Zhaoxiong, vice-director of Office of the Central Leading Group for Cyberspace Affairs and vice-minister of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, will make a keynote speech. The map publishing ceremony of industrial internet industry will be held in the opening ceremony. Best practice and high-end dialogue will be set in the summit, which will invite domestic and overseas leading enterprises of industrial internet to share their best practices of industrial internet. Academicians and experts from the United States, Japan and other countries will share their views and the latest international situation.

February 21st 14:00-17:50 Summit- Dialogue about the Development of Industrial Internet

The summit will be hosted by Liu Duo, director of Alliance of Industrial Internet, and plan to invite Zhangfeng, chef engineer of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, to attend and deliver a speech. It will also hold the release ceremony of China Industrial Internet Platform, publish excellent cases of industrial internet in 2016 and verify the demonstration platform. The summit will invite representatives of local government from Shanghai, Liaoning, Henan, Shenzhen and other cities, and experts from electric power, car and gas industry to discuss together the development and demand of industrial internet. Key enterprises will share their development and practice of industrial internet.

About AII

As an important part and a key instrument in the transformation and upgrading of advanced manufacturing industry in China and abroad, industrial Internet is a major component in the strategic layout for "China Manufacturing 2025" and "Internet + Collaborative Manufacturing" Initiatives. With effective support and guidance of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) took up the opportunity and established the Alliance of Industrial Internet with joint efforts of the industrial sectors to accelerate the development of industrial Internet; to gather the industrial power at home and abroad; to establish a public platform for collaborated improvement in administration, industry, academy, research and application; to conduct joint researches; and to facilitate application of industrial Internet.